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Gigantic Chinese Nio ET9 electric car guns for German limos with advanced battery tech that adds 255km in less than five minutes

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China’s Nio has pulled the drapes off the Nio ET9 it hopes will steal sales from luxurious European brands Mercedes-Maybach, Bentley and, even, Rolls-Royce when it lands in China in 2025 priced from 800,000 yuan ($165,000). There’s also four-wheel steering as standard.

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Volkswagen launches new luxury flagship Phideon at Geneva; plug-in hybrid drive planned; first VW brand car based on MLB

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The new Phideon was developed in Germany with the assistance of VW’s Chinese partner SAIC Volkswagen. TSI 4MOTION, which comes with four-wheel drive as standard—is powered by a 3.0 The future of Volkswagen’s premium segment will go into production in China initially for the China market in the third quarter of 2016.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Models from Bentley and Lamborghini will come, too, but in the small, expensive numbers in which those brands routinely trade. Nissan Leaf – the Standard Bearer. The Swedes (with some Chinese help) are bringing more EVs.

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Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

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That’s just as well: with its conventional steel suspension or its upgraded air suspension and adaptive dampers (standard on SQ6, an option on the Q6), this SUV and Audi SUVs as a genre have shied away from any hardcore rock-crawling or trail-clambering connotations—especially those that would affect on-road performance. And with up to 53.9

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Tesla Inside: The Ultimate Vintage Land Rover Retrofit

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recently adopted for standard-range Teslas in the United States). A port mounted on a rear fender connects a standard CCS ( Combined Charging System ) plug to an onboard 7-kW charger. His systems look to match OEM safety standards as much as possible, with service disconnects, ground-fault monitors, and layers of redundancy.

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Polestar 5 will be brand’s top model from 2025

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Volvo had been bought from Ford by big Chinese car maker Geely in 2010. Some of them were hired from Formula 1 teams, others previously worked for car makers from BMW-owned Mini to VW Group-owned Bentley, or major automotive component suppliers. A full-length glass roof will be a standard feature of the Polestar 5.

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New EV electric car calendar

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Avatar E11 – a new brand with big dreams, Avatar has input from Huawei and CATL and is the product of Chinese car maker Changan. Bentley EV onslaught – British luxury brand promises only electric cars by 2030; the first Bentley EV appears in 2025 and there will be at least one per year afterwards. Arriving 2022.